From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#39940: The variable operating-system-release Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 17:07:48 +0200 Message-ID: <83wnvt6t6j.fsf@gnu.org> References: <5dblpawa8s.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <835zfiudxx.fsf@gnu.org> <87zh0suum5.fsf@gnus.org> <871re32bv3.fsf@gnus.org> <83a6sqakfc.fsf@gnu.org> <87mtwpvaar.fsf@gnus.org> <874kix5k8h.fsf@tcd.ie> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13254"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: rgm@gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, 39940@debbugs.gnu.org To: "Basil L. Contovounesios" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jan 31 16:08:18 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EKn-0003Mg-Qx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 16:08:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55522 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EKm-000120-SH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:08:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:54816) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EKY-00011b-RT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:08:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46129) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EKY-0003vs-2z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:08:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EKX-0003ln-QK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:08:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 39940 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: fixed Original-Received: via spool by 39940-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B39940.161210565314452 (code B ref 39940); Sun, 31 Jan 2021 15:08:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 39940) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 Jan 2021 15:07:33 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:57675 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EK5-0003l2-1B for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:07:33 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:36836) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EK3-0003kq-PE for 39940@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:07:32 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:34056) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EJy-0003hK-5q; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:07:26 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.95.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.95]:1289 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1l6EJw-0006z0-EZ; Sun, 31 Jan 2021 10:07:25 -0500 In-Reply-To: <874kix5k8h.fsf@tcd.ie> (contovob@tcd.ie) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:199010 Archived-At: > From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" > Cc: Eli Zaretskii , rgm@gnu.org, 39940@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2021 13:06:22 +0000 > > > I have no strong opinion on the matter, but since there are no in-tree > > usages (any more), and the variable seems rather awkward, I've now > > marked it as obsolete. If somebody out-of-tree actually uses it, then > > reverting the obsoletion would also be fine by me, but I guess we'll see > > whether anybody pipes up. > > Would its value be of any use in report-emacs-bug? We already have a similar facility for report-emacs-bug, don't we? AFAIR, it doesn't rely on this variable.